Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I have shot with a Viso, and I've shot and shoot with Nikons...F and F3 - and I would NEVER trade the Nikons for the Viso...Fun? Yes. Interesting? Yes. A serious working reflex? No...A Rube Goldberg contraption for pretending that an M is a reflex...:-) B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 1:31 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder or SLR? > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > But that misses the point, Marc - a rangefinder camera with > a clunky add > > does not a modern SLR make - and it doesn't provide the > utility of a modern > > SLR. What we are talking here is not a duplication of > systems, but an > > additional body and lenses that one presumably does not > have or want for > > one's rangefinder. > > > I'm butting in: > clunky but fun perhaps. doable? > Less clunky than supporting two camera systems perhaps. I > think thats a strong possibility. > I plan on getting into Visoflex. It seems workable to me. > All those mirror options seem real intriguing to me. > I can see enjoying using it more than a seperate SLR system > for my SLR needs... > which are macro and longer lenes. > Have you shot any film with the Viso B.D.? I plan on it. It > seems to be it could > work out. > I'd like to put my old Nikons to permanent rest. > Mark Rabiner >